Water Leaks and Wet Carpet

"KMarino" (KMarino) 04/08/2014 at 09:26 • Filed to: None

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Sunday after a heavy rain, I discovered water running out from behind my glove box on the passenger side in my 06 Mustang. I found the cause last night. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! So last night I pulled the plugs and a torrent of water rushed out onto the driveway below. There was about 8 years worth of dirt in each of them causing the drain to become a plug. I then used the shop vac, leaf blower(electric so no fumes) and a fan to dry out the carpet and foam. I was going to leave the windows down and a fan running overnight, but I got a message yesterday that someone has been "breaking in" to locked cars in my neighborhood. Hopefully I can get the rest of it dried out tonight, before it starts getting moldy or stinky.

TLD: If you have a 05-2010 mustang maybe even the newer ones. Pull those rubber drains to check for debris occasionally to make prevent wet carpets.

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Slow4o > KMarino 04/08/2014 at 10:29

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Yea that is a known problem for the first couple years of the S197 chassis. I think Ford actually put a TSB out about it.

KMarino > Slow4o 04/08/2014 at 10:47

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It looks like the TSB is about other leaks. They don't really mention this leak in the TSB that I read. The other problems sound much more difficult to fix.

Slow4o > KMarino 04/08/2014 at 11:06

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Ah I didn't follow your link at first, but that thread was the exact thing I was talking about haha. The TSB must be for the leak behind the fuse box only then.